The most popular military games
The navy, the army, the air force, were all an inspiration for a number of games belonging to many different genres, from run and gun action games to flight simulations. Whether or not you like military themes, the top quality of these games was often enough to attract lots of players.
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Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
DOS1991 Electronic Arts
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1991 by Electronic Arts. The game is named after and endorsed by the real-life aviation legend, Chuck Yeager, who was the first pilot to break the soun...
Dogs of War
Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
MacArthur's War
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Fields of Glory
DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
A-10 Tank Killer
DOS1989 Dynamix
Explosions? Check. Missiles? Check. Graphics that look like someone spilled gray soup on your monitor? Double check. A-10 Tank Killer lets you pilot a flying war machine and rain chaos upon tiny pixel tanks that may or may not be ...
Battle Bugs
DOS1994 Epyx
What if ants could use bazookas and beetles had battle plans? Battle Bugs answers this crucial question by turning your screen into a war zone where tiny insects wage strategic warfare over leftovers. The stakes are high and the t...
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Paratrooper
DOS1982 Orion Software
Platoon
DOS1987 Ocean Software
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected Atomic Games
Aces of the deep
DOS1994 Dynamix
Ever wanted to experience the grim, claustrophobic life of a WWII submarine captain without leaving your desk? Aces of the Deep (1994, DOS) delivers that dream in spades — torpedoes, sonar, periscopes, and lots of tense wait...
Evasive Action
DOS1993 Particle Systems
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS1986 MicroProse Software
688 Attack Sub
DOS1989 Electronic Arts
Dive, dive! This 1989 DOS simulator puts you in control of a nuclear submarine, though most of the action involves pushing buttons and waiting very patiently. Think of it as the “Microsoft Excel of naval warfare,” only...
Gunship
DOS1986demo MicroProse Software
Annals of Rome
DOS1988 Personal Software Services
In Annals of Rome, you don’t just play history — you command it, badly. This 1988 strategy title lets you take control of the Roman Empire and try to keep it from falling apart, which it will, probably because you let ...
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter
DOS1991protected MicroProse Software
Pacific Islands
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Rambo 3
DOS1988 Ocean Software
Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed and published by various companies for different ...
Team Yankee
DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
F-14 Tomcat
DOS1990 Dynamix
The Dam busters
DOS1985 Sydney Development
Powermonger
DOS1992 Bullfrog
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating ...
Apache strike
DOS1989 Activision
Ah, Apache Strike (1989), the game where you're the lone helicopter pilot flying through blocky cities that look like they were made of leftover Lego bricks. Your mission? Blow up bad guys in a first-person view that resembles a s...
B-1 Nuclear Bomber
DOS1981 Avalon Hill
Ever wanted to be responsible for ending the world in fewer than ten keypresses? B-1 Nuclear Bomber (1981) gives you that chance, wrapping global annihilation in glorious monochrome and a user interface that feels like it was desi...
Conflict
DOS1990 Mastertronic
Conqueror
DOS1990 Rainbow Arts
Space Crusade
DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive